Monday, August 24, 2020

New Amex Offers for Dollarama - $5 statement credits or 500 bonus Membership Rewards Points

Thanks to an early morning email from Rewards Canada contributor Jeff W. we have a  new Amex Offers offer to pass along on to you. This one is for shopping at Dollarama and doesn't require a big spend so it should appeal to a lot of cardholders. There are two versions of the offer depending on the American Express card you have. If you have a Marriott Bonvoy American Express  like my wife and Jeff W have the offer is for a $5 statement credit when you spend $20 or more in one transaction. The credit can be earned twice per account. If you have a Membership Rewards earning card the offer is for 500 bonus Membership Rewards points when you spend $25 or more in one transaction. This points offer can also be earned twice. For me the points offer showed up in my account today for the American Express Cobalt Card and the  Platinum Card from American Express however did not see it on the American Express Gold Rewards card.

Per our reader Len who commented below there is also an offer for the Business Platinum Card from American Express of a $30 credit when you spend $150 at Dollarama.




The terms say it is limited to first 40,000 cards that register for the offer. I'm not sure if this is combined between the two separate offers or 40,000 for each.

If you are eligible you'll find both offers in your Amex account for you to register for. We also have them listed in our Guide to American Express Canada 'Amex Offers'

Here is our current list of offer pulled from our guide (which you will find this chart concept of Amex offers and which cards they apply to has been copied by another Canadian points blog for the past few months 😉 We do not work with that other blog just in case you were wondering about the similarity)

 

Merchant

Offer Details

Known cards to have this offer

Expires

Earn up to $250 in statement credits when you shop in-store or online at participating locations of Sobeys, Metro, Longo’s (including Grocery Gateway), Save-On-Foods, and Uber Eats American Express Cobalt Card Aug 27, 20
Spend $80 or more with goodfood (doesn't have to be in one purchase) and receive a one-time $20 statement credit  American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Aug 31, 20
Spend $80 or more with Hellofresh (doesn't have to be in one purchase) and receive a one-time $20 statement credit  American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Aug 31, 20
Earn 1 bonus Membership Rewards point for every dollar in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at www.dell.ca/workdeals American Express Cobalt Card Sep 30, 20
Spend at least $100 in qualifying electricity and natural gas purchases and earn a $25 statement credit. Limit of 6 credits. American Express Cobalt Card  Sep 30, 20
Spend at least $100 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at participating Ivanhoé Cambridge Guest Services kiosks or at www.shopping.ca/amexoffer by 30/09/2020 and earn a $20 statement credit. Limit of 3 credits. American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Sep 30, 20
Spend at least $250 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at participating ROBINSON location(s) or at www.robinsonco.ca by 30/09/2020 and earn a one-time $50 statement credit. American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Sep 30, 20
Spend at least $100 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at www.wayfair.ca/amex and earn a one-time $15 statement credit  American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Sep 30, 20
Spend $750 or more with Burberry (doesn't have to be in one purchase) and receive a one-time $150 statement credit American Express Cobalt Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Oct 31, 20
Spend $100 or more with Lululemon on the Lululemon mobile application or online only at shop.lululemon.com, (doesn't have to be in one purchase) and receive a one-time $20 statement credit American Express Cobalt Card  Oct 31, 20
The Chesterfield Shop Spend at least $250 and earn a $50 credit. Register your card here. Unknown at this time Nov 1, 20
Spend at least $20 and Earn a $5 credit. Credit can be earned up to 2 times. Must spend at least $20 in a single transaction (not cumulative) Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Dec 6, 20
Spend at least $25, Earn 500 bonus Membership Rewards® points. Credit can be earned up to 2 times. Must spend at least $25 in a single transaction (not cumulative) American Express Cobalt Card  Dec 6, 20
Spend at least $150 and Earn a $30 credit. Must spend at least $30 in a single transaction (not cumulative)Dec 6, 20

Key to the cards:

American Express Cobalt Card American Express Cobalt CardAmerican Express Gold Rewards Card American Express Gold Rewards Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card
American Express Cobalt Card The Platinum Card from American Express Business Platinum Card® from American Express

 

For more details on or to apply for any of the American Express Cards listed above please visit Rewards Canada's American Express offers page.

Friday, August 21, 2020

August 21 Update: Aeroplan now lets you book award tickets on Cathay Pacific and GOL online, even more Cobalt multipliers & Virgin Atlantic becomes first airline to provide elite tier earn on award tickets

 

Aeroplan came out with news yesterday that you can now book flight rewards with Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon and GOL online at Aeroplan.com. Prior to this you had to call in to Aeroplan to book on these airlines. For Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon you can only redeem for flights between Hong Kong and the following

  • Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Phuket, Thailand
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Cebu, Philippines
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Hanoi, Vietnam

While you can't redeem for other Cathay flights you can always combine the above routes to other airlines like Air Canada, Etihad, ANA etc. via Aeroplan. For GOL, all of their flights systemwide are available on aeroplan.com now. (Source Aeroplan)

For the next week when you buy $150 in Sobeys / Safeway gift cards you'll get 100 AIR MILES Bonus Miles. There is a limit of 5 offers per collector number so ultimately you can buy $750 in gift cards (use a card like Amex Cobalt or Scotia Gold Amex to earn 5x points) and earn 500 AIR MILES worth just over $50 in Cash Miles or ~$65 towards travel. This offer is valid until Aug 26, 2020

 

Even more American Express Cobalt multipliers to pass along. First I'm pretty sure this merchant is relatively new to American Express as I swear I couldn't use my card Cobalt card there not too long ago but one of Calgary's best butchers, Bon Ton Meat Market now accepts American Express and it codes properly with the Cobalt card as a 5x multiplier! I'm pretty sure it should also qualify as a Shop Small merchant so I should expect to get a $5 credit for the purchase. Then we send along a thanks to FM who commented on our multiplier page with eight new locations in B.C. that are 5x and 1x multipliers. Find them all on our American Express Cobalt Multipliers page.

Even though they stopped flying to Canada several years ago there are a few of you who may still be utilizing Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club program who would find the latest news from them quite exciting. The airlines has become the first in the world to award elite tier points earning on award flights! They are taking a page out of the hotel loyalty program playbook where several hotel chains do award elite qualifying on award nights. You can learn about this exciting development here.

Hotel occupancy in Canada broke through the 40% level for the first time in months! For the week of August 9-15 the occupancy rate for hotels in Canada was 41.8%. This is nearly 48% less than the same period last year. (Source HNN)

 

Airline Schedule Updates
A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!

Air Canada Aeroplan partner airline Air Creebec will resume some flights next week. As of August 24 the Quebec based airline will launch several weekly flights out of Montreal-Dorval to Chibougamau, Chisasibi and Val d’Or – Chisasibi. (Source RoutesOnline)

Air France will not be flying their Vancouver-Paris route for the upcoming winter season and plan to reduce Toronto-Paris flights from daily service to 5x weekly service. (Source RoutesOnline)

Posts since our last update:

Deals:

Air Transat Here Comes the Sun Promotion. Early bird perks and extra flexibility for travel between August 5, 2020, and April 30, 2021 Book by September 11, 2020. Find out more here.
Book a South package and benefit from Option Flex* which allows you to: Change your travel dates Transfer your vacation package Cancel your trip Our Price Drop Guarantee† A reduced deposit of only $100​ Final payment 25 days before departure

If you aren't using the Ampli Cash Back app yet you can get $5 when you download the app and join today with promo code AMPLI5 Find out more here

Fairmont Hotels Stay Close - Buy Night 1 Get 1 Night free at select hotels in Canada, U.S. and Mexico. Find out more here

SkipTheDishes - Sign up with this link to get $5 off your first order over $15. Find out more here

WealthSimple Trade:  Receive $5 when you deposit and trade at least $100 worth of stock with WealthSimple Trade. Find out more here (We will also receive $5 when you receive $5)

Rewards Canada receives a small commission when you use any of the above offers. You don't have to chose to use our links but we thank you in advance if you do.


Canadian Bonus Offers

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Other Bonus Offers

Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points or Airline Miles for stays at the Best Western Ft. Lauderdale I-95 Inn. More... Until Sep 7, 20
- Double Rewards Points or Airline Miles for stays at the Best Western Richland Inn-Mansfield. More... Until Sep 30, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you book a minimum of 2 consecutive nights at Casa del Rio Melaka. More... Until Dec 31, 20

World of Hyatt
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Regency Sofia More... Aug 30 - Nov 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Centric San Salvador More... Aug 29 - Nov 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Mar Monte Santa Barbara More... Until Nov 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Titusville / Kennedy Space Center More... Until Oct 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Tulsa / Downtown More... Aug 26 - Nov 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Sioux Falls – South More... Aug 18 - Nov 29, 20


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Reminder - Only three weeks left to earn those American Express Shop Small statement credits


 

Back in June American Express Canada launched the best ever version yet of their Shop Small campaign and this is just a reminder to all of our readers that you have a little over two  three weeks left to earn those credits for shopping at those small and independent Canadian merchants!

The offer
The offer is the same for every American Express cardmember and card. Each time you spend $10 at Shop Small merchant you will receive a $5 statement credit. This statement credit can be earned up to 10 times for a maximum of $50 in statement credits per card account. The offer is available for purchases made until September 13, 2020.



If you aren't familiar with American Express' Shop Small program we have a feature to help you out:  A step by step guide to the American Express Shop Small Program which shows you how to find merchants who participate in the program. Essentially American Express Shop Small merchants aren't your major nationwide chain stores. You won't find Wal-Mart on the list but you will find mom and pop shops, small regional chains, restaurants and other small businesses. The best way to find out which merchants you can use your American Express Card at to earn the statement credit is to go to the American Express Shop Small website and look for the Shop Small icon beside the merchant:







Ideally, those looking to maximize the offer will only spend $10 at each location to come out with what is essentially a 50% discount but I know for me I don't even think about that. I'll simply go to my local merchant and buy what I need to buy whether it is $10, $30 or $300. I will however consider spending more if I am only at $7 I'll look to see if there is anything else I can grab to get to that $10 since I'll be getting the $5 back - and that is the gist of this promotion. Getting you to spend a little more at these merchants to help them out!

You can register for Shop Small promotion the via Amex Offers on the app or Amex Canada website and you must register your card(s) to start earning the credits:


If the offer doesn't show up in the app or in your account on the web you can register for it right here.

If you have multiple cards then you can earn the $5 credit that many more times. For example in our family we have the American Express Cobalt Card (2 accounts), The Platinum Card from American Express, Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card and The Gold Rewards Card (2 Accounts) so we could earn up to $300 in credits if chose to do so. Now we haven't been doing that much shopping to actually have or make 60 transactions but we have definitely earned a few $5 credits so far and have a few more lined up.

Learn more about Shop Small here.